Composite magnetic core assembly, magnetic element and fabricating method thereof

• US 8,487,733 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2010
• Issued: 07/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Delta Electronics Incorporated
• Inventors: Chu, Jiang, Chen, Wei, Cheng, I-Chi, Wu, Yi-Fan, Huang, Zhi
• Primary Examiner(s): Musleh, Mohamad
• Assistant Examiner(s): BAISA, JOSELITO SASIS
• Application Number:
  US12/951,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20110121935A1
• Time in Patent Office: 967 Days
• Field of Search: 336/212, 336/219, 336/221, 336/233
• US Class Current: 336/212
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 1/22 pressed, sintered, or bound together
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 1/36 in the form of particles H01F1/346, H01F1/348 and H01F1/38 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 17/04 with magnetic core
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2003/106 Magnetic circuits using combinations of different magnetic materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 3/10 Composite arrangements of magnetic circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 3/14 Constrictions; Gaps, e.g. air-gaps in magnetic shunt paths H01F3/12
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 41/0246 Manufacturing of magnetic circuits by moulding or by pressing powder magnetic cores made by moulding or by pressing powder H01F27/255; soft magnetic particles H01F1/20, H01F1/36
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49073 by assembling coil and core

Abstract

A composite magnetic core assembly includes an inner magnetic core and an outer magnetic core. The inner magnetic core is made of a high saturation flux density and low permeability material. The outer magnetic core is made of a low saturation flux density and high permeability material. The outer magnetic core includes a ring-shaped wall and a receptacle. The inner magnetic core is accommodated within the receptacle.

Claims

1. A composite magnetic core assembly comprising:

an inner magnetic core made of a high saturation flux density and low permeability material, wherein said inner magnetic core comprises a T-shaped first part and a T-shaped second part; and

an outer magnetic core made of a low saturation flux density and high permeability material, wherein said outer magnetic core comprises a ring-shaped wall and a receptacle, and said inner magnetic core is accommodated within said receptacle.

2. The composite magnetic core assembly according to claim 1 wherein said high saturation flux density and low permeability material is alloy powder core, and said low saturation flux density and high permeability material is ferrite.

3. The composite magnetic core assembly according to claim 2 wherein said alloy powder core is selected from a group consisting of Fe powder core, FeSi powder core, FeAlSi powder core, FeNi powder core, FeNiMo powder core, amorphous powder core, and a combination thereof, and said ferrite is selected from a group consisting of MnZn ferrite, NiZn ferrite and a combination thereof.

4. The composite magnetic core assembly according to claim 1 wherein the saturation flux density of said high saturation flux density and low permeability material is at least 1.5 times of said low saturation flux density and high permeability material.

5. A magnetic element comprising:

a composite magnetic core assembly comprising an inner magnetic core and an outer magnetic core, wherein said inner magnetic core is made of a high saturation flux density and low permeability material, said inner magnetic core comprises a T-shaped first part and a T-shaped second part, said outer magnetic core is made of a low saturation flux density and high permeability material, said outer magnetic core comprises a ring-shaped wall and a receptacle, and said inner magnetic core is accommodated within said receptacle; and

a winding coil wound around said inner magnetic core, and accommodated within said receptacle of said outer magnetic core.

6. The magnetic element according to claim 5 wherein said magnetic element is an inductor.

7. The magnetic element according to claim 5 wherein said high saturation flux density and low permeability material is alloy powder core, and said low saturation flux density and high permeability material is ferrite.

8. The magnetic element according to claim 7 wherein said alloy powder core is selected from a group consisting of Fe powder core, FeSi powder core, FeAlSi powder core, FeNi powder core, FeNiMo powder core, amorphous powder core, and a combination thereof, and said ferrite is selected from a group consisting of MnZn ferrite, NiZn ferrite and a combination thereof.

9. The magnetic element according to claim 5 wherein the saturation flux density of said high saturation flux density and low permeability material is at least 1.5 times of said low saturation flux density and high permeability material.

10. The magnetic element according to claim 5 wherein said inner magnetic core comprises:

said first part comprising a first center leg and a first slab, wherein said first center leg is connected to a center of said first slab; and

said second part comprising a second center leg and a second slab, wherein said second center leg is connected to a center of said second slab.

11. The magnetic element according to claim 10 wherein said winding coil is wound around said first center leg and said second center leg of said inner magnetic core.

12. The magnetic element according to claim 10 wherein said first part and said second part of said inner magnetic core are integrally formed.

13. The magnetic element according to claim 10 wherein an air gap is formed between said first center leg and said second center leg, and an insulated piece is inserted into said air gap.

14. The magnetic element according to claim 5 wherein said winding coil is a conductive wire or flat coil.

15. The magnetic element according to claim 5 further comprising a bobbin accommodated within said receptacle of said outer magnetic core, wherein said bobbin comprises a channel and a winding section, said inner magnetic core is accommodated within said channel, and said winding coil is wound around said winding section of said bobbin.

16. The magnetic element according to claim 5 wherein said inner magnetic core comprises a center leg and a slab, said center leg is connected to a center of said slab, and said receptacle of said outer magnetic core is defined by said ring-shaped outer wall and a bottom.

17. A fabricating method of a magnetic element, said fabricating method comprising steps:

(a) providing an inner magnetic core made of a high saturation flux density and low permeability material, wherein said inner magnetic core comprises a T-shaped first part and a T-shaped second part, providing an outer magnetic core made of a low saturation flux density and high permeability material, and providing a winding coil, wherein said outer magnetic core has a ring-shaped outer wall and a receptacle; and

(b) winding said winding coil around said inner magnetic core, and accommodating said inner magnetic core and said winding coil within said receptacle of said outer magnetic core.

18. The fabricating method according to claim 17 wherein said step (b) further includes sub-steps of forming an air gap in said inner magnetic core, and inserting an adhesive or an insulated piece into said air gap.

19. The fabricating method according to claim 17 wherein after said step (a) and before said step (b), said fabricating method further comprises a step of providing a bobbin, and winding said winding coil around said bobbin.

20. The fabricating method according to claim 19 wherein said step (b) further includes sub-steps of:

(b1) sheathing said bobbin around said inner magnetic core such that said winding coil is wound around said inner magnetic core; and

(b2) accommodating said inner magnetic core, said winding coil and said bobbin within said receptacle of said outer magnetic core.